quintuplet的意思

quintuplet

英式音标['kwɪntʊplət]
美式英标['kwɪntjʊ,plɪt; kwɪn'tjuːplɪt]

基本解释

n. 五胞胎之一；五个一组；五件一套

中文词源

quintuplet 五胞胎

quint-,五，-plet,倍数，词源同triplet,quadruplet.引申词义五胞胎。

英文词源

quintuplet (n.): 1873, "set of five things" (originally in music), from quintuple (adj.) with ending from triplet. In plural, "five children at one birth" it is recorded from 1889.

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